HEY MARDI!!! Good to hear from you. I have a book that shows me how to do that technique. They use pine tree needles for the edges - but I also have a friend here at work who has a spouse that works at the Tulsa Zoo and she can get me porcupine needles to do some of this work so I can't wait to try that!
mlrasmus@rockwellcollins.com wrote:
Hey Jesse, check out this site for gourd ideas. Pretty cool.
http://www.gourdgeousfarm.com/kits/GourdgeousFarmBowlStarterKit.JPG
Mardi
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WOW...very cool. All I can tell you about cleaning up the gourds is to
take a Clorox and water mix (I use a gardening trug with about 3-4 cups of
Clorox in it - wear rubber gloves) and take a Brillo or steel wool pad and
scrub the snot out of them until the dried up mold comes off of them. If
you still have some bad spots, then take a very fine sandpaper (or emory
board) and sand them down. It looks like she used several coats of a very
glossy clear finish, but I don't know what it is. If you find out let me
know. I have three fairly good sized Corsican gourds that are still on
the vine this year...about the size of a basketball. Can't wait to do
something with them.
Jess
Patricia
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I have dug out all the gourds that I have kept all these years and never
really done anything with. I hope to figure out how to make them look
close
to theirs.
Tricia
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> Thanks, Patricia. Those gourds are beautiful.
> zem
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>> www.franniesgourds.com
>> I wanted to share this site with all of you. I saw these at the farmers
>> market in California while I was out there visiting my sister. The man
>> selling them said his mom makes them.
>> They are too beautiful. I thought I remembered someone growing a lot of
>> gourds on this group. My sister bought several and put them down the
>> middle of her formal dining table. They look like glass. Beautiful.
>> Tricia
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